Intuitive and Efficient FTIR Workflows for Improved QA/QC Analysis

FTIR analysis has long been an integral part in quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) in many industries, from pharmaceuticals, food & beverages, and cosmetics to polymers and other chemicals. Typical QA/QC applications of FTIR include raw material identification, product authentication, confirmation of batch-to-batch consistency, contaminant detection, formulation analysis, and stability testing.

QA/QC analysts and other scientists in many of today’s analytical laboratories are often tasked with a wide range of assays that employ multiple techniques from chromatography to spectroscopy. It is therefore highly desirable that analytical instruments offer fit-for-purpose workflows, powered by easy-to-operate hardware and intuitive and flexible software, to streamline and automate assays.

In this application note, we demonstrate the use of a Thermo Scientific™ Nicolet™ Apex FTIR Spectrometer integrated into an OMNIC Paradigm Workflow for improved quantitative analysis. Using dimethicone as an example, this efficient, streamlined analytical method can be implemented in many FTIR workflows and QA/QC applications.